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SPIKE VS MISSIVE

Missive manages collaboration. Spike creates flow.

Stop organizing work around emails and start having one continuous conversation. While Missive gives you powerful tools to collaborate on messages, Spike transforms messages into natural collaborative dialogue, eliminating the need for complex organization.

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Spike vs Missive at a glance

Feature Spike Missive #
Conversational email view Email + separate chat sections
People-centric organization Inbox-centric organization
Workflow simplicity Rules, assignments, structured tasks
AI Feed Rules, assignments, structured tasks
AI summaries Rules, assignments, structured tasks
Internal/external collaboration Comments alongside emails
Cross-platform consistency Multi-platform support
Shared inbox management
Enterprise security & compliance
Unified inbox
Multiple accounts

Why choose Spike over Missive

One conversation, not comments about conversations

Why have conversations about conversations? Spike transforms the email itself into the team discussion. Internal responses and external messages flow in the same natural dialogue format.

Simplicity by design

Missive offers extensive rules, automation, and structured workflows. Spike's power comes from its simplicity, when email feels like chat, your team collaborates instinctively.

Natural flow over managed structure

Missive gives you tools to manage collaborative complexity, while Spike eliminates the complexity by making collaboration feel effortless.

People-centric over inbox-centric

Missive organizes work around shared inboxes and structured task management. Spike organizes communication around people and relationships.

Email that puts people first

Sonu Shetty

Team Leader

The app is extremely useful and productive, and it's user support is amazing! Hope it will keep improving with exclusive features that make it different from Gmail.

Carol Jacobson

My company started using Spike a year ago & the team feels like it’s vastly improved our productivity. It’s amazing to not have to switch back & forth between a million apps!

Max Shcherbakov

Co-Founder & CEO

“Spike improved workflow between our teams and clients since they had a collaborative workspace. The entire project history & needed files in one place.”

Jeromy Bailey

@JeromyABailey

I had something like 90K unread emails before switching to @SpikeNowHQ. I’m down to just 2K emails. Inbox 0, here I come!

Perry S.

Stay organized & productive with Spike 24/7/12/365
Spike centralized teams in my organization in one place where we manage tasks through trackable chats.

Adir Berman

Marketing Project Manager

Spike is an amazing team comms platform. Imagine Slack but inside your email, & with everyone you need - team members, clients and vendors too! Our team loves Spike!

Darren Olstad

Founder

“I have the whole firm using Spike for its chat interface and super fast features, and I even got some of my clients on it. They love how easy it is to communicate.”

SEGA L'éveilleur

@segalink

2022 was great for the team. Engagement was fluid because of @SpikeNowHQ & the sense of community got reinforced. We accomplished more & work became play. Boost your productivity in 2023 & try Spike!

Lauren Rheeder

LR

Love this app... Keeps me connected with clients, contractors and colleagues. Never missing an email. Keep up the great work.

FAQs

  • Yes! Your data is protected with AES-256 encryption, and we follow strict security protocols.

  • Missive’s automation is necessary because structured collaboration creates complexity that needs management. Spike’s conversational design eliminates most of that complexity from the start. When communication flows naturally, you need fewer rules to manage it.

  • You’ll gain a different kind of visibility—conversational clarity. Instead of tracking formal tasks and assignments, you’ll have continuous context with your team and clients. Every decision, update, and insight flows in the same natural dialogue where work actually happens.

  • Missive provides excellent project management through assignments, rules, and structured workflows. Spike provides something more valuable: natural collaborative momentum. Instead of managing collaboration with clicks and assignments, your team collaborates instinctively through conversational flow that builds context automatically.